Truckee Municipal Code Ch. 2.18 Department of Community Development

A Department of Community Development is hereby established. The duties of the Department of Community Development shall include the following:

(a) To furnish staff work for the Planning Commission, the Redevelopment Agency, or any agency or commission established by the Council appropriate to this department, by processing communications, preparing meeting agenda, documents, charts, and maps pertaining to planning matters or by surveying, analyzing, and recommending on such matters, including the General Plan, and by the presentation of supporting and descriptive data, reports and cartographic renderings;

(b) To provide the Town Manager with staff assistance of a technical nature pertaining to planning matters and to present information and recommendations to the Council relating to the enforcement of the zoning regulations and land use matters in general;

(c) To direct the making of surveys, the gathering of data, and the presentation of reports, maps, charts, analyses, and graphic presentations pursuant to the preparation, adoption, and revision of a General Plan, and the precise elements thereof, in accordance with generally accepted principles and with the requirements of law;

(d) To assist the public with advice and guidance to develop and use property within the requirements of the applicable State and local laws and the General Plan;

(e) To administer the zoning regulations, CEQA guidelines, and subdivision ordinance;

(f) To cooperate with other departments and agencies gathering and disseminating information relative to public and private projects involving the betterment and improvement of the Town;

(g) To assist the Town Manager, Town Attorney, and department heads in the preparation of legislative matters for the consideration of the Council; and

(h) To assist the Planning Commission in the preparation of a capital improvement plan and to present such recommended plan to the Council.

There shall be a Director of Community Development who shall be appointed by, and be responsible to, the Town Manager. The Director of Community Development subject to the approval of the Town Manager, shall organize and maintain the Community Development Department as the operations may require, and shall be responsible for the direction and control of all functions assigned to the Community Development Department. The Community Development Director shall be, ex officio, Zoning Administrator.

The Director of Community Development shall, subject to the approval of the Town Manager, designate a member of the Community Development Department, or other department or agency, to perform the duties and exercise the powers of Director of Community Development in the event of absence or disability.

The Building Division is hereby established as a part of the Department of Community Development which Building Division shall be operated by the chief building Official designated by the Town Manager and under the supervision of the Community Development Director. The chief building official shall, for all purposes and enforcement procedures, be charged with the duties of the Building Official described in the Uniform Building Code.

The duties of the Building Division of the Community Development Department shall include the following:

(a) To administer the Building Code, Plumbing Code, and Electrical Code as such Codes may be adopted by direct legislation or by reference;

(b) To administer the regulations, laws, and rules of the State relating to structures and/or housing;

(c) To administer the Dangerous and Defective Building Code and all other Codes and laws pertaining to the control and abatement of all unsafe and dilapidated structures and buildings within the Town;

(d) To establish and administer programs and procedures for the investigation of structural conditions and for the coordination of other departments and agencies, including the Fire Department, Fire Agencies and Districts, the Health Department, the Division of Housing of the State, and such other jurisdictions as may be concerned with dilapidation and its abatement; to prepare reports and recommendations relative to abatement; to present information and analytical data to the Council in the event of appeals from the Building Official's orders and directives or the institution of condemnation proceedings;

(e) To establish and maintain a system of records relative to the building inspection and unsafe structure abatement services; and

(f) To confer and coordinate with other agencies and departments, including the Public Works Department and the Fire Agencies and Districts to the end that proceedings shall be in conformance with Town plans for land use and the adequacy of public facilities.

The Community Development Department is hereby designated as the administrative entity, and the Community Development Director is hereby appointed to be the CEQA and project coordinator to provide for the coordination of reviews and decision making and the provision of information regarding the status of all applications and permits for development in the Town.

The procedure for processing development projects and the administrative authority and CEQA guidelines for the administrative entity and project coordinator shall be established by resolution of the Council.

Fees to defray the costs directly attributable to the coordination of an application of a developer by the administrative entity shall be adopted by resolution of the Council.

The Code Enforcement Division is hereby established as a part of the Department of Community Development, which Code Enforcement Division shall be operated by the chief code enforcement officer designated by the Town Manager and under the supervision of the Code Enforcement Director.

The duties of the Code Enforcement Division of the Community Development Department shall include the following:

(a) To enforce the Zoning and land use provision of this Code; and

(b) To enforce such other provisions of this Code, State law and regulation, and other provisions of law as may be directed by resolution of the Town Council.

(ORD 93-19 6-3-93)